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Cannot see windows XP styles on MFC controls

17-Sep-09 2:07

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itsmerajesh17-Sep-09 0:57

itsmerajesh

17-Sep-09 0:57

I have created MFC dialog based application using VS 2008 application creation wizard.

In project settings if I use "Use Unicode Character Set" option, I cannot see winXP styles on any of the controls on the dialog,
and If I use "Use Multi-Byte Character Set" option, I can see the winXP styles.

Why this is happening? can't I use "Use Multi-Byte Character Set" option without losing WinXP styles to the control.
Some one please help me out with this issue.

Thanks in advance.

-Rajesh.

Re: Cannot see windows XP styles on MFC controls

Naveen17-Sep-09 1:08

17-Sep-09 1:08

itsmerajesh wrote:
In project settings if I use "Use Unicode Character Set" option, I cannot see winXP styles on any of the controls on the dialog,
and If I use "Use Multi-Byte Character Set" option, I can see the winXP styles.

Why this is happening? can't I use "Use Multi-Byte Character Set" option without losing WinXP styles to the control.

1. The two paragraphs are contradictory. The second one is correct. isnt it?

This is because common control version 6 supports only unicode and a dependency to comctrl version 6 is only inculded if the unicode is enabled. Check the stdafx.h you can see the following lines

#ifdef _UNICODE
#if defined _M_IX86
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#elif defined _M_IA64
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='ia64' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#elif defined _M_X64
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='amd64' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#else
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#endif
#endif

Re: Cannot see windows XP styles on MFC controls

krmed17-Sep-09 7:09

krmed

17-Sep-09 7:09

Actually, if you remove the

#ifdef _UNICODE

and the corresponding

#endif

the common controls will still work with MBCS and give you the XP look.

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Re: Cannot see windows XP styles on MFC controls

Naveen17-Sep-09 17:42

17-Sep-09 17:42

krmed wrote:
the common controls will still work with MBCS and give you the XP look.

ya. It'll mostly work, but things may get wired some times.. Read Does version 6 of the common controls support ANSI or not?[^]

executing .bat file in Vista64 bit

Madan Chauhan17-Sep-09 0:43

Madan Chauhan

17-Sep-09 0:43

Hi All,
In my application I need to execute some commands. For that I am making a .bat file and execute it using Shellexecute(). It is working well for Vista32 bit, but in Vista64 bit machine Shellexecute() is not running these commands(i am running with Admin privileges also). Does ShellExecute() not support Vista64 bit?
Is there any other way for Vista64 bit.

Thanks
Madan

«_Superman_»17-Sep-09 1:01

17-Sep-09 1:01

It's probably some error in your batch file.
First run the batch file manually and check if all the commands work.

«_Superman_»
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Madan Chauhan17-Sep-09 1:26

Madan Chauhan

17-Sep-09 1:26

Thanks for replying. Yes all the commands are correct because if I run this batch file with command prompt then it execute successfully.
Let me explain- I am running following three commands command1)- bcdedit /set {bootmgr} device boot > D:\m1.txt
command2)- bcdedit /set {default} device boot > D:\m3.txt command3)- bcdedit /set {default} osdevice boot > D\m2.txt.

These three commands clears Bootmgr of Vista.
For runnong these commands I make a batch file and execute it with ShellExecute() For seeing output I used pipe. Then after ShellExecute() if I see these m1,m2,m3 files then these are blank.
I am confused now.

Randor 17-Sep-09 1:03

Randor

17-Sep-09 1:03

Hi Madan,

Are you using the undocumented runas verb to request elevation?

Elevate through ShellExecute[^]

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

David Crow17-Sep-09 2:13

How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

17-Sep-09 2:13

Madan Chauhan wrote:
...but in Vista64 bit machine Shellexecute() is not running these commands(i am running with Admin privileges also).

What does it return?

deadlyabbas17-Sep-09 0:15

deadlyabbas

17-Sep-09 0:15

How can we get the acrobat path reader exe path in VC++

Re: How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

«_Superman_»17-Sep-09 0:31

Re: How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

17-Sep-09 0:31

Why do you want the path?
Is it so that you can use it to launch a PDF file?
If so, you don't need to know the path.
You can simply use ShellExecute to launch it.

«_Superman_»
I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.

David Crow17-Sep-09 2:22

Re: How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

17-Sep-09 2:22

«_Superman_» wrote:
Why do you want the path?

See here.

Nuri Ismail17-Sep-09 3:50

Nuri Ismail

17-Sep-09 3:50

DavidCrow wrote:
See here.

It's not because of my post Mr. Crow. Smile | :)

I've gave him this answer after I saw his post about the exe path.
I knew that you will give him the right directions about the exe path and decided to show the OP how could he pass cmd line args to Acrobat reader in order to select given page. Smile | :)

Regards

Nuri Ismail

Re: How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

Randor 17-Sep-09 0:36

Randor

17-Sep-09 0:36

Hi deadlyabbas,

Did you try searching the Adobe forums[^] before asking in the C++ forum?

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

Naveen17-Sep-09 0:37

17-Sep-09 0:37

Try

SearchPath[^]

Pass "AcroRd32.exe" as lpFileName to that function.

Re: How to get the path of Acrobat Reader Exe by C++

David Crow17-Sep-09 2:15

How to widen the drop down portion of combo box.

17-Sep-09 2:15

Use FindExecutable().

Alex@9C16-Sep-09 23:15

Alex@9C

16-Sep-09 23:15

I am trying to widen drop-down part of combo box but keep fixed size of combo box.
For the same i used following in my code. But drop down portion of the combo box remained as it is.
No change reflected in it's size.

LRESULT OnDropDown(WORD wNCode, WORD wID, HWND hWCtl, BOOL & bH1)
{ 
   ::SendMessage(v_ComboBox->v_hWnd, CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH,      100 , 0);
   ::SendMessage(v_ComboBox->v_hWnd, CB_SETHORIZONTALEXTENT , 100 , 0);
}

Please help to solve this issue..

Re: How to widen the drop down portion of combo box.

«_Superman_»16-Sep-09 23:33

Re: How to widen the drop down portion of combo box.

16-Sep-09 23:33

CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH is used to set the maximum allowable width and not the exact width of the drop down list.
In your case the drop down list will grow up to 100 pixel if you have lengthy strings as its items.

For fixing a large width to the drop down, you may need an owner draw combo box.
This article could be of help - FontComboBox - a font listing combo box for .NET[^]

«_Superman_»
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Naveen17-Sep-09 0:24

17-Sep-09 0:24

«_Superman_» wrote:
In your case the drop down list will grow up to 100 pixel if you have lengthy strings as its items

I guess thats not correct. To confirm I just tried the code and the width of drop down changed to 100( Provided the width of combo is less than 100 pix ).

Re: How to widen the drop down portion of combo box.

«_Superman_»17-Sep-09 0:25